Cosmology
Links
Phantom Energy and Cosmic Doomsday
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0302506
Phantom energy, with negative sum of pressure and energy density, could lead to the universe tearing itself apart in a "Big Rip".
Review of Mistake of Einstein
http://focus.aps.org/v4/st6.html
Cosmologists have used recent data to constrain the type of 'dark energy' that may fill all of space.
Revved-Up Universe
http://sciencenews.org/20000212/bob9.asp
Astronomers are convinced that the expansion of the Universe accelerates.
Should We Believe in Big Bang?
http://i.1asphost.com/pgostrov/e1.html
Science popularization article on the Big Bang theory.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
A dedicated 2.5 meter telescope which uses sensitive electronic light detectors to systematically map a quarter of the sky, building a catalog of celestial objects, galaxies, and quasars.
Supernova Cosmology Project
This Berkeley labs site is based on observation of red shift in stars going supernova.
The Big Bang (One more time)
http://csmonitor.com/2002/0509/p11s01-stss.html
A new model of the universe says it repeats itself in an endless cycle. Article from Christian Science Monitor.
The BOOMERanG project
http://cmb.phys.cwru.edu/boomerang/
Cosmic microwave background mapping project. Press releases and downloadable academic papers.
The Cosmic Microwave Background
http://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/scott/cmb.html
Extensive CMB information from the University of British Columbia.
The Cosmology
http://library.thinkquest.org/28181/
This educational site is designed for people of high school age or older who want to understand the most recent information about cosmology in everyday language.



